The governor of Shaanxi, the governor of Sichuan and others surrounded and blocked Li Zicheng at the junction of Sichuan and Shaanxi. All the people gathered to launch a war of complete extermination.

The governor of Huguang, the governor of Jiangxi, and Qin Liangyu, Zuo Liangyu, Shi Kefa, etc. were also pressing forward step by step against Zhang Xianzhong and others who were entrenched in Huguang.

This time the official army was coordinated, with enough money and food, the army had clear rhythm and clear goals, and the morale of all walks of life was rainbow, winning successive successes.

The court kept receiving good news and was very encouraged. Chongzhen continued to issue orders to Zhou Zheng, urging Zhou Zheng to send troops to eliminate the bandits as soon as possible.

Xi'an Prefecture.

The Military Information Office in Menghezhou has an independent squad. I don’t know how many people are coming in and out. Various information is summarizing, and shouting one after another.

Zhou Zheng stood in front of the huge sand table, watching Menghezhou planting red flags, introducing various situations.

Menghezhou planted a flag near the South Taihu Lake and said, "Sir, Ge Liyan has been wiped out, and only dozens of people escaped and surrendered to Zhang Xianzhong."

"Zhang Xianzhong's current military strength is 80,000, and his territory is shrinking. This is Shi Kefa, this is Zuo Liangyu, and Qin Liangyu's 20,000 troops blocked their way into Sichuan. They are basically surrounded, and it is impossible to break through..."

"Jiangxi, the governor of Henan is also coming. As long as the army arrives, he can launch an encirclement and annihilation war. By the way, Premier Xiong is still lobbying Zhang Xianzhong and others, hoping to persuade him to surrender, and he will not fight if he can..."

Zhou Zheng listened, nodded slightly, turned his eyes to the junction of Shaanxi and Sichuan, and said, "Where is Lu Xiangsheng?"

Meng Hezhou looked at the flags and said, "Sir, it's raining a lot recently, and the terrain of Shaanxi and Sichuan is also relatively complicated. People and horses come a little slowly. However, Li Zicheng has been surrounded and the way out of Shaanxi has been blocked... Looking at Premier Lu's arrangements, it seems that he wants to eat Li Zicheng in one bite..."

A soldier came in and handed Zhou Zheng a document, saying, "Sir, Sichuan General Qin Liangyu reported to him, requesting to go to Huguang to suppress the bandits, and to allocate 60,000 yuan in money, grain and aid."

Zhou Zheng glanced at him, handed him back, and said, "Agree, send a message to the military supervisor, and transfer it as much as possible. He ordered the governor of Sichuan to cooperate and act rashly and act according to the plan."

The person responsible for transporting food and grass was the internal supervisor sent by Chongzhen and Ji Yong.

This person is quite conscious of the general principles and has been very good at Zhou Zheng, but he has not caused any trouble.

The soldiers received the order and left.

Zhou Zheng held the sand table with both hands, stared at the small flag, deducing two battle situations, and thought about it, saying, "I ordered Lu Xiangsheng to encircle him on three sides and attack him on one side, and take Li Zicheng as soon as possible! Only if Li Zicheng takes it, Zhang Xianzhong is not a problem!"

Meng Hezhou hurriedly said: "Yes!"

The pigeons from Xi'an Prefecture flew everywhere, coming and going, more densely than the people on the ground.

Lu Xiangsheng is in Fengxiang Mansion at this moment, while resting and detecting the situation at the junction of Sichuan and Shaanxi.

After receiving a letter from Zhou Zheng's Feige, Lu Xiangtong reported it to Lu Xiangsheng and said, "Brother, I feel that Zhou Shangshu is a little anxious. We have just come to chase after Suiyuan and have not had a rest for a while."

Lu Xiangguan continued on the side, "I'm afraid it's not because of the Secretary of Zhou's in a hurry, it should be the emperor, and the court is in a hurry. I heard that in the past half month, Zhou Shangshu received seven or eight decrees from the emperor, and the court's orders, all urging Zhou Shangshu to send troops to suppress the bandits as soon as possible. Also, the matter with Premier Xiong, Zhou Shangshu was under a lot of pressure..."

After reading it, Lu Xiangsheng put the note aside, stared at the map in front of him, with a cold face and said, "Immediately let Zuo Guangxian, Cao Bianjiao and others come to see me, and also, I will send a letter to the governors from all walks of life to guard me. Tomorrow, we will attack with all our might and wipe out the thieves!"

Lu Xiangtong was startled and said, "Brother, we have not stopped since August. We have only been resting for a day. I am worried that the soldiers will not be able to hold on."

Lu Xiangsheng turned his head and looked at the corner not far away, as if he was standing in the dark, from the intelligence department sent by Zhou Zheng.

The man saw Lu Xiangsheng's gaze and stepped forward and said, "Prime Minister Lu, two generals, the MIIT has bribed people from the treacherous army. He knows their defense very well. He can sort it out tonight and submit it to you."

Lu Xiangtong, Lu Xiangguan's eyes suddenly opened wide.

Lu Xiangsheng waved his hands to the two of them and said indifferently: "Go and prepare."

"Yes!" Lu Xiangtong, Lu Xiangguan immediately said.

Lu Xiangsheng dispatched troops and generals. The current "Tiansang Net" is much stronger than in history. After all, there is no longer the disastrous defeats of Jianlu entering the pass and the losses of Liaodong, and many arrogant soldiers have accumulated.

On August 20, Lu Xiangsheng gathered all kinds of people, mixed with more than 80,000, and launched a large-scale attack towards the junction of Sichuan and Shaanxi.

Li Zicheng is the strongest among the bandits and the most defeated officials, and has many capable people under his command.

But with the integration of the government troops and the army was pressing down, there were flaws everywhere, and they were defeated all the way. They are now trapped at the junction of Shaanxi and Sichuan, and there is no way to advance or retreat.

Li Zicheng summoned Song Xiance, Li Yan, Gao Jie and others to discuss countermeasures urgently.

Not only were they trapped, but they also carried over more than 100,000 people. The daily food and grass were consumed hugely. They did not have production and had stable logistics, and they all rely on plunder. Now they cannot be plundered. The government troops are besieged, people are turbulent, disintegrated, and people are fleeing every day.

Song Xiance and Li Yan are both capable people, but they are also helpless in the face of the strong official army.

Gao Jie sat aside, cautious in his words and actions, never saying a word.

After discussion, Li Zicheng finally had no choice but to decide to break north.

To the west is Sichuan, with dangerous passes everywhere, easy to defend but difficult to attack; to the east is Lu Xiangsheng's army, so it cannot be confronted head-on; to the south are governors blocking the road, so it is difficult to make progress.

They have no other way except to the north, the direction of the Great Wall, and the vast northern Shaanxi.

A big war broke out as scheduled.

Lu Xiangsheng had already decided to break north when Li Zicheng came to Li Zicheng. Lu Xiangtong led Tianxiong Army, Zuo Guangxian and others, with a total of 50,000 ambushers. He fought fiercely with Li Zicheng outside Fengxiang Mansion for one day, and Li Zicheng retreated.

Subsequently, Lu Xiangsheng led all kinds of people to fight against each other, chasing Li Zicheng at the junction of Shaanxi and Sichuan, and defeated him more than ten times in a row.

The junction of Shaanxi, Sichuan and Guizhou is the most complicated, but the official army is bound to win this time, with hundreds of thousands of troops siege and blocking Li Zicheng, trapping him so hard.

In just five days, 70% of Li Zicheng was killed.

Seeing that Lu Xiangsheng had won success after success, other governors could no longer sit still and began to attack the prefectures and counties that were originally occupied by Li Zicheng and other rioters.

Zhou was in Xi'an Prefecture, through the Military Intelligence Department, ordered these people not to do anything randomly, control the rhythm, and not give Li Zicheng the chance.

September 25, the tenth year of Chongzhen.

Zhou Zheng mobilized the governors of Shaanxi, Sichuan, Shanxi, Jiangxi, Lu Xiangsheng, Zuo Guangxian, Cao Bianjiao and other troops, and an army of 200,000 to encircle and suppress Li Zicheng in Heishuizhai.

Li Zicheng still had an elite army of 70,000 to 80,000 elite troops. The two sides fought a war and took two days and one night to completely wipe out Li Zicheng's troops!

This was naturally a huge excitement for the official army, not inferior to Zhou Zheng's capture of Gao Yingxiang.

Zhou Zheng was in charge of Xi'an Prefecture. Hearing Lu Xiangsheng's victory, there was not much excitement on his face.

Nonsense, this is something I have known for a long time. What's there to be excited about?

Zhou Zheng was calm and wrote a memorial to Chongzhen and the court reported the victory, while ordering the governors of Shaanxi and other places to recover the prefectures and counties step by step and restore people's livelihood.

At the same time, Lu Xiangsheng was ordered to find Li Zicheng, the main force of the army went south, cooperated with Xiong Wencan to completely solve Zhang Xianzhong!

Xiong Wencan saw that Lu Xiangsheng had wiped out Li Zicheng, but not only did not panic, but was overjoyed. He kept sending people to lobby Zhang Xianzhong and others, and at the same time, the army was constantly approaching, attacking civil and military forces.

Zhang Xianzhong, who lost his foreign aid, was surrounded by him, had no other way!

At the end of September, Zhou Zheng received a report from Xiong Wencan and Zhang Xianzhong surrendered!
Chapter completed!